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TL;DR
- Google is engaged on eradicating the Further Dim function that makes the display screen dimmer than what even the bottom degree of the brightness slider permits.
- As a substitute, the function will now be constructed into the brightness slider, so you may simply slide the bar left to dim the display screen additional than earlier than.
- The brand new function will probably be managed by a toggle referred to as “even dimmer.”
If you happen to like utilizing your cellphone in mattress at night time, then you definitely’re in all probability accustomed to turning on Android’s “additional dim” function to dim the display screen past what the common brightness bar permits for. Nevertheless, in case you overlook to show off additional dim within the morning, then you definitely’ll end up taking a look at a cellphone display screen that’s a lot dimmer than it needs to be. Fortuitously, Google has an answer to this downside, and it might arrive within the first quarterly platform launch of Android 15.
Again in April, we noticed work on a function referred to as “even dimmer” that enables the system to “go dimmer than standard,” just like “additional dim.” In contrast to “additional dim,” which it’s a must to toggle on or off as you utilize it, “even dimmer” is a function that may keep on, and solely has an impact at low brightness settings. When the setting is lively, the bottom values of the brightness slider trigger the display screen to grow to be even dimmer than standard, as Android applies a metamorphosis that reduces the depth of vibrant colours.
In our unique report, we speculated that “even dimmer” would function a alternative to “additional dim.” With the discharge of Android 15 QPR1 Beta 2 earlier as we speak, we are able to now affirm that is the case. Whereas digging via the newest launch, we found strings that state the “additional dim” function is being deprecated. It seems that Google is making ready to indicate a notification to customers who added the “additional dim” shortcut to their Fast Settings panel that asks them to take away the shortcut. The notification says that, as an alternative of utilizing the “additional dim” shortcut, “now you can make the display screen additional dim by reducing the brightness degree even farther from the highest of your display screen.” It is because “additional dim is now a part of the brightness bar,” and therefore, doesn’t have to be manually turned on anymore.
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Take away additional dim shortcut
"Now you can make the display screen additional dim by reducing the brightness degree even farther from the highest of your display screen.
This works finest if you're in a darkish atmosphere."
Further dim is now a part of the brightness bar
Further dim shortcut eliminated. To decrease your brightness, use the common brightness bar. Though the notification doesn’t explicitly point out it, we all know that this new functionality may be disabled by going to Settings > Show or Settings > Accessibility and toggling “even dimmer.”
The “even dimmer” function hasn’t rolled out but, not even within the newest Android 15 QPR1 Beta 2 launch, however it’s doable that Google might allow it within the subsequent Android 15 QPR1 beta. If not, then we would see it in a future QPR of Android 15, or presumably even within the subsequent main launch, Android 16. We already know that Google has plans to replace the brightness slider as a part of an overhaul to the notifications and Quick Settings panels in Android 16, so it will make good sense for Google to drop this variation together with these UI updates.
